Tags: ambrose bierce

Horror is fear of the unknown, the invisible terror
lurking just beyond our sight. Even in movies and literature when the
creature or abomination is exposed in all their grotesque glory, it
is the thought of them slinking in the darkness that creates the
tension. As the cliché goes, what you don't see is more
frightening than what you do see. Ambrose Bierce teaches us this most
valuable of lessons in his short but powerful tale of "The Damned
Thing."(read more...)